By all the roses photographed on that blog these past years, you could easily think it’s my favorite flower.

But it’s not. Actually my favorite is the Hydrangea !

I am convinced that we develop a specific taste for distant things from our childhood, and for me, it is the memory of giant hydrangeas when I spent my holiday at an old aunt’s house in Anglet.

One day, frightened by the shovel and bucket I was playing with, demonstration of an intense joy to go to the beach, the dog of this old aunt bit me violently.

My parents never took me back to Anglet, and I forgot the hydrangeas.

I remembered this flower a few years ago, and now I wait impatiently until August to see it bloom.

I developed a passion that could easily make me appear as a hydrangea geek, and that include visiting the largest collection of hydrangea in the world of course : the Jardin Shamrock.

It is located in Normandy, at Varangeville sur Mer.

If you’re interested in the place, I would suggest going for a day or a week end, and visit the beautiful Bois des Moutiers as well ( Photographed earlier in July ) which is really close in the same area.

A stopover in Honfleur ( one hour from Shamrock ) for a romantic diner on the harbor is also a perfect spot while you’re on a trip in France !